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Teachers and students in San Diego are joining their counterparts around the world in the Global Climate Strike, calling for action to combat climate change. Plus, with the growing senior population, a local hospital is launching a program to meet the needs of older patients recovering from a trauma.

Gov. Gavin Newsom cleared his legislative desk this Sunday, signing and vetoing hundreds of bills. What he signed and what he didn’t. Covered California’s open enrollment period starts Tuesday and starting in 2020 Californians must have health insurance or pay a fine. Also, why are there so many broken trash bins in San Diego? We’ve got answers. Plus, armpits are smelly. Meet the San Diego scientist, known as Dr. Armpit, who is trying to find ways to make them smell better. And, how a simple request for a custom-built boat turned into a sailing trip to some of the most remote corners of the world.

This week, KPBS is joining more than 220 news organizations worldwide in covering climate change to bring home the urgent need to confront the realities of a warming planet. Midday Edition talks to four local congressional representatives about the impact of climate change on their districts. And, the changing climate means more wildfires for San Diego’s backcountry, how one family is rebuilding after the Witch Creek Fire and preparing for the future. Plus, humans are the driving force of climate change, but population control remains controversial.

When many of us think of climate change, we still too often think of polar bears and the year 2100 — things far away and long into the future. But climate change is impacting us here and now.

After years of virtually ignoring the issue, leaders in Washington — at least among Democrats — are directly addressing the climate crisis. Here are four of San Diego’s congressional representatives’ thoughts on climate change.

Higher temperatures caused by climate change mean California’s all-important snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains is smaller and melts faster than it did in the past. As a result, forests are dryer for longer and more prone to wildfire.

In San Diego, there is no such thing as free trash bins. Residents must pay $95 to get a replacement trash bin if theirs is broken and broken bins happen a lot. Plus, San Diego State University is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Chicano and Chicana Studies Department this year. Also on today’s podcast, Write Out Loud kicked off its second Poefest at the Adobe Chapel in Old Town over the weekend. But you have two more weeks to catch this celebration of the macabre works of writer Edgar Allan Poe. And, SDG&E says ratepayers won't have to worry about being burdened with nearly $400 million in outstanding costs linked to the 2007 wildfires because the losses were written off two years ago.

The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.

The U.S. Attorney in San Diego has indicted 12 leaders of the Imperial Valley Ministries for allegedly holding dozens of homeless people against their will and forcing them to panhandle.

To end a labor dispute that’s halted work on one of the largest and most important water projects in San Diego history, Assemblyman Todd Gloria rolled out a bill Friday to require union-friendly terms for work on the project.